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Labor Force Participation Rate for Hungary, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
60.58%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +17.5% since 1990
Labor participation for Hungary was 60.58% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 60.66% in 2024. The lowest was 50.82% in 1998 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.46% per year.
Hungary ranks 98 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 52%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Hungary sits above it. It peaked in 2024 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
60.58%
First (1990)
51.54%
Change
+17.5%
Highest
60.66%
in 2024
Lowest
50.82%
in 1998
Average
53.96%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.46%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.58% |
| 2024 | 60.66% |
| 2023 | 60.61% |
| 2022 | 59.86% |
| 2021 | 59.12% |
| 2020 | 58.45% |
| 2019 | 58.47% |
| 2018 | 58.3% |
| 2017 | 57.83% |
| 2016 | 57.3% |
| 2015 | 56.21% |
| 2014 | 55.01% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.